Gun ? for birth of 1st son

Go with the Auto 5.

Its going to shoot forever and will be a beautiful piece once he gets older. The older I get the less I like synthetic.

My dad bought me a Belgium made 20 gauge A5 when I was a young boy. The first gun I feel in love with. I'll have it for the rest of my life.

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Gun ? for birth of 1st son

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my vote is a henry golden boy .22

Invest 1000 dollars in a pretty safe stock and buy whatever he wants maybe x2 in 12 years.

Guns can be stolen, lost in a hurricane, or sold under duress.

Get him an NRA Lifetime Membership instead.

When you're dead and gone, that membership card, and magazine subscription delivered to him every year will always remind him of you.

There is a reason that guy wants your 1100 LT20 instead of his A5. I have the 1100 LT20, and its the first gun I ever owned outside if the requisite Daisy Red Ryder

They hardly have any recoil, look great, shoulder and swing naturally. Of my collection, its easily my favorite.

I prefer a child's first gun to be one that must be cocked manually. Preferably a .22 or a .410 cause anything else would kick them pretty good at early ages. My reason for a manual cocking action is that children have a tendency to turn around after a shot is fired and the barrel usually swings around with them. With an automatic, there will be a live round in the chamber. I would say hold off on the auto-loaders until they have some experience proving they operate a firearm safely. Its sometimes tough for children to get the hang of muzzle direction safety. When I bring someone shooting for the first time, I stay right behind them. Cause I've noticed some adults have a tendency to swing that muzzle around too.

Great idea.


I bought my firstborn a Henry Golden Boy. I've wanted to shoot it so bad, but he'll be the first to fire it. Purchased it before I knew if he'd ever make it out the hospital.